Erlang: How to make a loop?

Question

How to make a simple loop in Erlang? (For example to loop from 1 to 10.)

Accepted Answer

Create a recursive structure (this loops 10 times):

```
loop(0) ->
    ok;
loop(Count) ->
    % do something
    loop(Count-1).
```

Or from 1 to 10:

```
do_loop() ->
    loop(1).

loop(10) ->
    ok;
loop(Count) ->
    % do something
    loop(Count+1).
```

You can also use `lists:seq(1, 10)` to get a sequence from 1 to 10.

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